lawful
Meaning of lawful
adjective
- conforming to, permitted by, or recognized by law or rules.
it is an offence to carry a weapon in public without lawful authority
Information about lawful
- It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of lawful
law-ful
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- lawful is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
lawful synonyms
Meaning orderly:
Meaning true:
Meaning legitimate:
Meaning permitted by law:
Meaning based on or behaving according to what is morally right and fair:
Meaning permitted; allowed:
Meaning officially allow (someone) to do something:
Meaning allowed, especially within a set of regulations; permissible:
Meaning let (someone) have or do something:
Meaning denoting something that is truly what it is said or regarded to be; genuine:
Meaning in accordance with a constitution:
Meaning make (something that was previously illegal) permissible by law:
Meaning give official permission or approval for (an action):
Meaning having official permission or approval:
Meaning justify or necessitate (a course of action):
Meaning having, done for, or marked by a good or legitimate reason:
Meaning able to be shown to be right or reasonable; defensible:
Meaning officially agreed or accepted as satisfactory:
Meaning identify (someone or something) from having encountered them before; know again:
Meaning acceptable or valid, especially as evidence in a court of law:
Meaning conforming to the rules; legal:
Meaning (of food, or premises in which food is sold, cooked, or eaten) satisfying the requirements of Jewish law:
Meaning morally right or justifiable:
Meaning possessing or displaying moral virtue:
Meaning conforming with generally accepted standards of respectable or moral behaviour:
Meaning firm and stable in shape; not liquid or fluid:
Meaning having or showing high moral standards:
Meaning concerned with the principles of right and wrong behaviour:
Meaning morally good or correct:
Meaning the active maintenance of a truce between nations or communities, especially by an international military force:
Meaning free from disturbance; tranquil:
Meaning at an advanced stage of social and cultural development:
Meaning conscientiously or obediently fulfilling one's duty:
Meaning dutiful:
Meaning complying or willing to comply with an order or request; submissive to another's authority:
Meaning disposed to agree with others or obey rules, especially to an excessive degree; acquiescent:
Meaning act in accordance with a wish or command:
Meaning showing a controlled form of behaviour or way of working:
lawful antonyms
Meaning contrary to or forbidden by law, especially criminal law:
Meaning that has been forbidden; banned:
Meaning not governed by or obedient to laws; characterized by a lack of civic order:
Meaning relating to crime:
Translation of lawful
- German: legal, gesetzlich, rechtsmäßig
- Italian: legittimo, lecito, legale
- French: légal
- Spanish: lícito, legal, legítimo
Words that rhyme with lawful
awful, crawful, flawful, godawful, goshawful, overawful, prelawful, unawful, unlawful, pewful, barrowful, oversorrowful, showful, slowful, sorrowful, unsorrowful, wheelbarrowful, windowful
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